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turboshaft engines, plus other refinements. A converted 222 first flew as the prototype 230 on August 12, 1991. Transport Canada awarded certification in March 1992, and the first production 230 was delivered that
November. The 230 had optional skid or wheel undercarriage. Production ended in 1995
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turboshaft engines, rated at 592 shp each. Later 222 versions feature more powerful engines. Engine output is at 100% of rating at 9598 RPM. Two independent driveshafts deliver power from the engines to the transmission. The Bell 222's LTS101 engine exhaust stacks are located at the rear of the
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Two-blade, semi-rigid high-kinetic energy main rotor with preconing and underslinging. The rotor head incorporates elastomeric bearings for hub springs, and flapping and pitch change bearings. The system is similar in design to that used by the
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January 1974 at a helicopter convention. Following interest at the convention, the company announced the new
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Lycoming engines, transmission, two-bladed main and tail rotors, tailboom, vertical fin, and rotor pylon of the 222. The D-292 had a new composite
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Allison 250-C30G engines for improved single engine (engine-out) performance, and redesignated as 222SPs.
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Honeywell (formerly Lycoming) LTS101-750Cs with takeoff rating of 680 hp each), a larger main rotor, and was renamed the Bell 222B.
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Utility Twin, with skid landing gear, was introduced in 1983.
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Air ambulance version, equipped with one or two stretchers.
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The Bell 222 is widely known from the television series
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The original Model 222, sometimes unofficially called a
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LTS 101-750 engine installation (left engine) in a 222U
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This model had improved systems and a luxury interior.
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Bell helicopter technical data, helicopterdirect.com
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
875:Sources: Airliners.net, Helicopterdirect, others
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1316:Bell 222 technical data on airwolf.tv-series.com
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420:Bell 230 of Rotor-Lift Aviation at Agfest 2010
285:. Rotor speed at 100% engine speed is 348 RPM.
192:(FAA) on August 16, 1979 and was approved for
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1447:RTH.info: Bell 222 in aeromedical services
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1204:"Bell 222UT | Jamaican Defence Force"
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653:Maximum ten (pilot and nine passengers)
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1418:Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988–89
1399:Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83
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1294:Bell 222 & 230 page on airliner.net
1035:Frawley, Gerard, "Bell 222 & 230",
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1107:Jane's Helicopter Markets and Systems
1060:Donald, David, ed. "Bell Model 222".
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1014:Apostolo, Giorgio. "Bell Model 222".
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1146:"Albania - Government / Bell 222UT"
885:Aircraft in fiction § Bell 222
771:~1,600 ft/min (8.13 m/s)
689:39 ft 9 in (12.12 m)
675:42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
13:
1392:Bell 222U Rotorcraft Flight Manual
1124:"Albanian Govt. Bell 222UT AL-HOV"
1109:. Jane's Information Group, 2009.
1088:. US Naval Institute Press, 1992.
1064:. Barnes & Nobel Books, 1997.
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1442:Airliners.net: Bell 222 & 230
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1018:. New York: Bonanza Books. 1984.
768:1,730 ft/min (8.79 m/s)
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200:(IFR) operation on May 15, 1980.
140:is an American twin-engine light
1416:Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1988).
1397:Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1982).
765:1,600 ft/min (8.1 m/s)
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227:A development of the 222 is the
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1420:. London: Jane's Defence Data.
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757:(161 mph, 260 km/h)
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844:4,860 lb (2,200 kg)
779:20,000 ft (6,100 m)
752:(155 mph, 250 km/h)
266:Lycoming/Honeywell LTS101-650
16:Family of utility helicopters
3219:Aircraft first flown in 1976
1493:Bell Helicopter/Bell Textron
1401:. London: Jane's Yearbooks.
879:Notable appearances in media
793:4,200 ft (1,300 m)
492:for evaluations in 1994 only
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47:Executive/utility helicopter
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1179:"World Air Forces 2011/12"
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810:188+122 US gal (710+460 L)
737:700 hp (520 kW)
734:684 shp (510 kW)
731:620 shp (462 kW)
703:50 ft 3 in (15.32 m)
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678:42 ft 11 in (12.78 m)
383:Utility transport version.
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556:Bell 222 3-view drawing
198:instrument flight rules
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889:Airwolf (helicopter)
717:Lycoming LTS101-750C
321:(formerly Lycoming)
90:Bell 222: 1980–1991
2625:utility helicopters
912:Related development
337:Bell 222B Executive
194:visual flight rules
92:Bell 230: 1992–1995
39:General information
2572:Attack helicopters
1321:2007-12-27 at the
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207:A Bell 222B
156:Development
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